Ante Tomic!!!!!???? WTF

I have been waiting for this guy to come to the Jazz for awhile and I think he could solve our big man off the bench problem, and we can then use our picks toward a point guard and a wing scorer. When he was drafted I kept hearing he has similarities to Pau Gasol, which I doubt. Unfortunately he signed a 3 year deal in 2012 with Barcelona, is he ever gonna come to the league?!

I think Tomic is more similar to Yi Yianlian than Pau Gasol. And no, I don't think he will ever come over. The Jazz should focus on getting a PG and big man who can shoot the 3 like Olynyk. Mason Plumlee is also a possibility but I like Olynyk more.

Soooo, I've been watching Tomic for years, I've attended some of his games, with Barcelona, and seen him play in Eurobasket. The thing with him is that he is soft. He can't push other big men, simply put. Sure he weighs around 240 (max) but this is good for a 6'10 PF, and he is 7'2. He has the best handles for a center in Europe, hands down. He is lethal from almost everywhere inside the 3-point line. His hook shots can kill you. But he is not nearly as athletic as Yi, and he can't play center. He has a great touch, and I really want him in my team, but it can only work when you have kind of an ''opposite'', to share playing time and balnce the lack of strength down low. Barcelona did that with Nate Jawai. He could play in Utah, sure, but is Kanter ready for a starting role? If not (assuming Big Al is gone) get ready for some quality minutes and scoring, but also be prepared to get backed down in the low post by pretty much every NBA big. Or you can go get Stanko Barac, who has almost the same game and weighs 30 pounds more. Sure he can't dribble like a guard and is not as quick, but I would choose him among the 2. He is more like a Timofey Mozgov that actually has an offensive game. Anyway..

He has said over and over he has no intention or desire to play in the US. There is nothing strange about it. It's by far the opinion of most top European players today. Very few of the good European players have interest in playing in the NBA anymore.

BTW Mirotic didnt play well as some users had said. He was missing the whole game, but with some minutes to finish the game he scored an incredible 3pt shoot and another field goal. Then he was fouled out.
And Tomic played a decent match offensively and in defence he's always very important!!! He isnt the soft player he was in Madrid last year, but IMO still being soft for NBA ... anyway he can do better. I love his hooks!!